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June 28, 2020 by Football Paradise Staff Reporter
Harry Maguire knows Manchester United will have to vastly improve to win the FA Cup after sealing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side a semi-final spot with a late extra-time winner against 10-man Norwich.
The Red Devils made hard work of Saturday evening's clash against the Premier League's bottom side, having gone ahead early in the second half through Odion Ighalo's fifth goal in four starts for the club.
Todd Cantwell levelled from distance and, just as Norwich's hopes of reaching the semi-finals for the first time since 1992 began to grow, defender Timm Klose was sent off for bringing down Ighalo.
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United peppered the hosts' goal in extra-time and finally found a way past inspired Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul in the 118th minute when skipper Maguire directed home to seal a 2-1 win.
"It would mean everything (to win the FA Cup)," the defender said.
"I joined this club to win trophies. We're in a semi-final of the FA Cup, it's a great tournament, and we're going to look forward to it.
"Hopefully when the semi-final does come and whoever we're drawn against we play a lot better than we have done tonight.
"It was a difficult game and we made hard work of it. We weren't at our best and sometimes in cup games that happens.
"You've got to find a way to go on and get the victory and get through to the next round and we've managed it in the end.
"Like I said, we made hard work (of it). We weren't at our best tonight but we're in the next round."
Asked why they were not at their best, Maguire told the BBC: "I don't know. We had a tough game obviously with the heat in the Premier League but we made changes so we should have been fresh.
"I can't really point on a finger at the moment. We'll have to watch it back and analyse it.
Harry Maguire (left) celebrates with Mason Greenwood (Catherine Ivill/NMC Pool/PA).
"We played a little but slow and we tried to go through the middle too often, especially when we were trying to break down the 10 men – we needed to play wide a lot more and make a move.
"But in the end we've got there, we're pleased, we're in the semi-final and that's all that matters, really."
United are through to their 30th FA Cup semi-final – more than any other team in the competition's history – and manager Solskjaer's relief was clear.
"It's cup football for you," he said. "The game was not the greatest, not the spectacle, but I felt we kept the ball OK, but we didn't threaten enough, didn't create chances.
"But you're delighted that you're in a semi-final. We're in the last four.
"Good workout, we got minutes into many players, rested quite a few and some nice goals, good for Harry to get the winner."
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I just spoke to Cindy on the phone. It looks like they have decided to perform surgery to scrape the rind of her lung. The antibiotics and draining were doing good things, but they were not being entirely successful. Looks like a another week or so in the hospital.
That does not sound like any fun whatsover.
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/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */

/*
 Copyright (C) 2007 Marco Bianchetti
 Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Giorgio Facchinetti

 This file is part of QuantLib, a free-software/open-source library
 for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/

 QuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the QuantLib license.  You should have received a
 copy of the license along with this program; if not, please email
 <quantlib-dev@lists.sf.net>. The license is also available online at
 <http://quantlib.org/license.shtml>.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the license for more details.
*/

#include <ql/termstructures/volatility/swaption/cmsmarketcalibration.hpp>
#include <ql/termstructures/volatility/swaption/cmsmarket.hpp>
#include <ql/termstructures/volatility/swaption/swaptionvolcube1.hpp>
#include <ql/math/optimization/problem.hpp>
#include <ql/math/optimization/constraint.hpp>

namespace {
    using namespace QuantLib;
    class ParametersConstraint : public Constraint {
      private:
        class Impl : public Constraint::Impl {
            Size nBeta_;
          public:
            Impl(Size nBeta) : Constraint::Impl(), nBeta_(nBeta) {}

            bool test(const Array& params) const {
                QL_REQUIRE(params.size()==nBeta_+1,
                           "params.size()!=nBeta_+1");
                for (Size i=0; i<nBeta_; ++i)
                    if (params[i]<0.0 || params[i]>1.0)
                        return false;

                return params[nBeta_]>0.0; // mean reversion
            }
        };
      public:
        ParametersConstraint(Size nBeta)
        : Constraint(boost::shared_ptr<Constraint::Impl>(new Impl(nBeta))) {}
    };

    class ObjectiveFunction : public CostFunction {
      public:
        ObjectiveFunction(CmsMarketCalibration* smileAndCms)
        : smileAndCms_(smileAndCms),
          volCube_(smileAndCms->volCube_),
          cmsMarket_(smileAndCms->cmsMarket_),
          weights_(smileAndCms->weights_),
          calibrationType_(smileAndCms->calibrationType_) {};

        Real value(const Array& x) const;
        Disposable<Array> values(const Array& x) const;

      protected:
        Real switchErrorFunctionOnCalibrationType() const;
        Disposable<Array> switchErrorsFunctionOnCalibrationType() const;

        CmsMarketCalibration* smileAndCms_;
        Handle<SwaptionVolatilityStructure> volCube_;
        boost::shared_ptr<CmsMarket> cmsMarket_;
        Matrix weights_;
        CmsMarketCalibration::CalibrationType calibrationType_;
      private:
        virtual void updateVolatilityCubeAndCmsMarket(const Array& x) const;
    };

    class ParametersConstraint2 : public Constraint {
      private:
        class Impl : public Constraint::Impl {
            Size nBeta_;
          public:
            Impl(Size nBeta) : Constraint::Impl(), nBeta_(nBeta) {}

            bool test(const Array& params) const {
                QL_REQUIRE(params.size()==nBeta_,
                           "params.size()!=nBeta_");
                for (Size i=0; i<nBeta_; ++i)
                    if (params[i]<0.0 || params[i]>1.0)
                        return false;
                return true;
            }
        };
      public:
        ParametersConstraint2(Size nBeta)
        : Constraint(boost::shared_ptr<Constraint::Impl>(new Impl(nBeta))) {}
    };

    class ObjectiveFunction2 : public ObjectiveFunction {
      public:
        ObjectiveFunction2(CmsMarketCalibration* smileAndCms,
                                                Real fixedMeanReversion)
        : ObjectiveFunction(smileAndCms),
          fixedMeanReversion_(fixedMeanReversion){};

      private:
        virtual void updateVolatilityCubeAndCmsMarket(const Array& x) const;
        Real fixedMeanReversion_;
    };

    //===========================================================================//
    //                              ObjectiveFunction                            //
    //===========================================================================//

    Real ObjectiveFunction::value(const Array& x) const {
        updateVolatilityCubeAndCmsMarket(x);
        return switchErrorFunctionOnCalibrationType();
    }

    Disposable<Array> ObjectiveFunction::values(const Array& x) const {
        updateVolatilityCubeAndCmsMarket(x);
        return switchErrorsFunctionOnCalibrationType();
    }

    void
    ObjectiveFunction::updateVolatilityCubeAndCmsMarket(const Array& x) const {
        const std::vector<Period>& swapTenors = cmsMarket_->swapTenors();
        Size nSwapTenors = swapTenors.size();
        QL_REQUIRE(nSwapTenors+1 == x.size(),
                   "bad calibration guess nSwapTenors+1 != x.size()");
        const boost::shared_ptr<SwaptionVolCube1> volCubeBySabr =
               boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<SwaptionVolCube1>(*volCube_);
        for (Size i=0; i<nSwapTenors; ++i)
            volCubeBySabr->recalibration(x[i], swapTenors[i]);
        Real meanReversion = x[nSwapTenors];
        cmsMarket_->reprice(volCube_, meanReversion);
    }

    Real ObjectiveFunction::switchErrorFunctionOnCalibrationType() const {
        switch (calibrationType_) {
            case CmsMarketCalibration::OnSpread:
                return cmsMarket_->weightedSpreadError(weights_);
            case CmsMarketCalibration::OnPrice:
                return cmsMarket_->weightedSpotNpvError(weights_);
            case CmsMarketCalibration::OnForwardCmsPrice:
                return cmsMarket_->weightedFwdNpvError(weights_);
            default:
                QL_FAIL("unknown/illegal calibration type");
        }
    }

    Disposable<Array>
    ObjectiveFunction::switchErrorsFunctionOnCalibrationType() const {
        switch (calibrationType_) {
            case CmsMarketCalibration::OnSpread:
                return cmsMarket_->weightedSpreadErrors(weights_);
            case CmsMarketCalibration::OnPrice:
                return cmsMarket_->weightedSpotNpvErrors(weights_);
            case CmsMarketCalibration::OnForwardCmsPrice:
                return cmsMarket_->weightedFwdNpvErrors(weights_);
            default:
                QL_FAIL("unknown/illegal calibration type");
        }
    }

    //===========================================================================//
    //                      ObjectiveFunction2              //
    //===========================================================================//

    void
    ObjectiveFunction2::updateVolatilityCubeAndCmsMarket(
                                                        const Array& x) const {
        const std::vector<Period>& swapTenors = cmsMarket_->swapTenors();
        Size nSwapTenors = swapTenors.size();
        QL_REQUIRE(nSwapTenors == x.size(),
                   "bad calibration guess nSwapTenors != x.size()");
        const boost::shared_ptr<SwaptionVolCube1> volCubeBySabr =
               boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<SwaptionVolCube1>(*volCube_);
        for (Size i=0; i<nSwapTenors; ++i)
            volCubeBySabr->recalibration(x[i], swapTenors[i]);
        cmsMarket_->reprice(volCube_, fixedMeanReversion_);
    }
}

namespace QuantLib {

    //===========================================================================//
    //                       CmsMarketCalibration                                //
    //===========================================================================//

    CmsMarketCalibration::CmsMarketCalibration(
                                Handle<SwaptionVolatilityStructure>& volCube,
                                boost::shared_ptr<CmsMarket>& cmsMarket,
                                const Matrix& weights,
                                CalibrationType calibrationType)
    : volCube_(volCube),
      cmsMarket_(cmsMarket),
      weights_(weights),
      calibrationType_(calibrationType) {}

    Array CmsMarketCalibration::compute(
                        const boost::shared_ptr<EndCriteria>& endCriteria,
                        const boost::shared_ptr<OptimizationMethod>& method,
                        const Array& guess,
                        bool isMeanReversionFixed) {
        Array result;
        if (isMeanReversionFixed) {
            Size nBeta = guess.size()-1;
            ParametersConstraint2 constraint(nBeta);
            Real fixedMeanReversion = guess[nBeta];
            Array betasGuess(nBeta);
            for (Size i=0; i<nBeta; ++i)
                betasGuess[i] = guess[i];
            ObjectiveFunction2 costFunction(this, fixedMeanReversion);
            Problem problem(costFunction, constraint, betasGuess);
            endCriteria_ = method->minimize(problem, *endCriteria);
            Array tmp = problem.currentValue();
            result = Array(nBeta+1);
            for (Size i=0; i<nBeta; ++i)
                result[i] = tmp[i];
            result[nBeta] = fixedMeanReversion;
            error_ = costFunction.value(tmp);
        } else {
            ParametersConstraint constraint(guess.size()-1);
            ObjectiveFunction costFunction(this);
            Problem problem(costFunction, constraint, guess);
            endCriteria_ = method->minimize(problem, *endCriteria);
            result = problem.currentValue();
            error_ = costFunction.value(result);
        }
        const boost::shared_ptr<SwaptionVolCube1> volCubeBySabr =
            boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<SwaptionVolCube1>(*volCube_);
        sparseSabrParameters_ = volCubeBySabr->sparseSabrParameters();
        denseSabrParameters_ = volCubeBySabr->denseSabrParameters();
        browseCmsMarket_ = cmsMarket_->browse();

        return result;
    }

}


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Posted by African Press International on July 30, 2014
The ceremony awarded 22 students with master's degrees in information technology (IT)
KIGALI, Rwanda, July 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ –Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Rwanda (http://www.cmu.edu) is proud to announce that its first class in Africa graduated on 24 July, 2014. The ceremony, which took place at the Serena Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, awarded 22 students with master's degrees in information technology (IT).
The graduation underscores Carnegie Mellon University and the Government of Rwanda's commitment to educating engineers and entrepreneurs who are striving to make an economic impact in East Africa. Many of the students have ambitions to be the next technical innovators and business leaders responsible for ushering the region's economic and social growth into the future.
In 2007, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations agency for information and communication technologies, recommended establishing Centres of Excellence throughout Africa to cultivate the science and technological…
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Mr. Djinnit condemns the renewal of heinous attacks in Nigeria
DAKAR, Sénégal, July 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa and High Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Nigeria, Mr. Said Djinnit, strongly condemns the killing of civilians perpetrated over the week-end and yesterday reportedly by the Boko Haram group in the town of Damboa, in Borno State, and in Kaduna, in Kaduna State.
Mr. Djinnit expresses his profound outrage at the attacks, which resulted, according to initial reports, in the death of more than 130 people and forced a score number of about 15000 people to move to the Borno State capital of Maiduguri, or to neighbour towns of Biu and Goniri.
Mr. Djinnit expresses his condolences to the bereaved families and renews his solidarity and sympathy to the victims, as well as to the Government and the people of Nigeria.
He encourages the Nigerian authorities to do their utmost…
Threat of Famine Looms in South Sudan
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement
John Kerry, Secretary of State
South Sudan now faces the worst food security crisis in the world. Violence has forced over 1.5 million people from their homes since mid-December, while more than 50,000 children under the age of five are at risk of dying from malnutrition this year. This is not a crisis caused by drought or flood: it is a calamity created by conflict. Unless the fighting ends and a peace agreement is concluded, the number of those at risk of starvation — now as many as 3.9 million people, fully one-third of the population – will reach even more catastrophic levels.
South Sudan's leaders need to make choices and they need to make them now if they're going to pull their country back from the brink of famine. In the last months, I've traveled to Juba and Ethiopia to press on the cease-fire. I've had call after call with both leaders in South Sudan, pressing them to work closely with regional partners in support of mediation efforts. The United States has spoken out against ongoing fighting, obstruction of humanitarian access and failures to resolve the conflict.
But in the end, the leaders have to make decisions. President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar share responsibility for triggering this man-made crisis and they share responsibility for ending it. I call on them to end the fighting immediately and negotiate in good faith under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.
The Government of South Sudan and the opposition must put the safety and wellbeing of the South Sudanese people first by immediately implementing the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, ensuring the security of humanitarian workers and goods, and dismantling unofficial checkpoints that impede the delivery of aid. International and South Sudanese humanitarian workers have saved lives at great personal risk. They must be able to do their jobs without the threat of violence, informal "taxation" or other arbitrary impediments.
The United States remains committed to the people of South Sudan and has provided more than $456 million in humanitarian aid this year alone. We call on fellow donor countries to make additional contributions. The people of South Sudan deserve the opportunity to begin rebuilding their country, and to develop the national and local institutions they need to put South Sudan on a path towards stability.


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E3 2021 Dates Announced; E3 2020 Online Experience Not Happening
By Christian Pepitoon April 8, 2020
The Entertainment Software Association recently announced the dates for next year's E3 2021.
E3 2021 official dates finally released
E3 2020 was recently announced canceled which devastated a lot of fans and gaming companies. Many were wondering if next year there would be another E3 event. Despite of what is going on with the COVID 19 Pandemic crisis right now, ESA announced ahead the dates for the E3 event next year. They are planning to go ahead with the show, which will be on June 15-17, 2021.
The E3 event next year will be preceded with pre-E3 conferences like the previous years and will be hosted by major publishers. ESA also promised that the next show will be a reimagined version, but did not give details on difference.
Several major companies did say that they might consider having online events to showcase their products. These gaming companies are Microsoft, Devolver Digital, and Ubisoft. Bethesda announced they are not doing one this year.
E3 2020 Online experience not happening
An E3 representative recently gave a statement announcing that there will be no online experience that would replace this year's show. The rep stated that it is due to the COVID-19 pandemic that they had to cancel. They will instead support other exhibitors to promote and showcase their own company announcements.
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Head first: How dance gets made
Molly Glentzer, Copyright 2011 Houston Chronicle
1of3Karen Stokes often tries out movements on herself before teaching them to her company.Lynn LaneShow MoreShow Less
2of3Choreographer Jane Weiner, lunging, works out the nuances of a partnering move with Houston Ballet's Melody Mennite (rear) and Kelly Myernick as they prepare a new dance that premieres Thursday on Hope Stone Dance Company's Lemonade Stand program.Simon GentryShow MoreShow Less
It felt about 90 degrees inside Hope Stone Studio , with only a fan moving the air.
But a different heat, adrenalin-charged, had choreographer Jane Weiner pursing her lips as she demonstrated lunges, cracked jokes and manipulated three bodies, trying to figure out what to do with them. She had just three more studio sessions with Houston Ballet's Melody Mennite, Kelly Myernick and Connor Walsh before their new trio would debut in Hope Stone's Lemonade Stand program, which will intersperse dances with bits of Weiner's monologue Jane Knows Stuff.
Even this far into rehearsals, however, Weiner was more certain about stuff she didn't know: what, exactly, would unfold onstage, and to what music.
"It's really scary," she said. "Here I have these three brilliant young dancers who are some of the finest colors in the palette to work with." She didn't want to waste the opportunity.
She knew this much: there would be doormats.
It was an idea from a notebook she keeps. "Anything can give me an idea. If I see a picture in a magazine and it gives me an energy, I cut it out and put it in a book," she said. She was amused by the idea of asking dancers to wipe their feet.
The art of choreography Head first: How dance gets made The art of choreography
"That's not a lot to carry a dance," she admitted.
Going into last Sunday's rehearsals, she had six or seven minutes of raw material, including a string of 36-count movement phrases that she might keep — or trash. Some of it was gestural play, with the dancers touching their heads, shoulders, knees and toes. She'd also had them play with partnering and drop to the floor in awkward ways. She had started to lay music onto it, including a tango (which replaced a march) and a high-pitched version of Desperado sung by an 8-year-old.
"I don't feel like I need to show their killer technique; we see that all the time," Weiner said. "I want to find their inner core. What are they going to do that makes them uncomfortable?"
Making herself uneasy was key, too. "There's something about being in the moment and seeing where it goes. I don't want to become complacent. I'm experimenting like I've never experimented," she said. "And the three of them are willing to problem-solve with me."
And you thought a new dance began with steps?
Thinking it through
Weiner and other veteran choreographers in Houston say steps are the least of it.
Good dance — like painting, sculpting, composing or writing — begins with good thinking. Many choreographers want to explore concepts of space, time and energy using live bodies, music, lights and costumes as their canvas.
Rarely is there some message they want viewers to "get," at least in the beginning.
For that reason, Houston Ballet artistic director Stanton Welch would even prefer not to name new pieces until after they've been performed once. "A third of the piece comes from your imagination; a third from what the dancers bring; and a third is this magic that happens once they're performing, and you see the audience's reaction," he said.
Unlike Weiner, Welch almost always draws his inspiration from music. He's kept Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 on his wish list for years. Each time he listens to the score, he writes out different plans, considering which parts sound masculine, feminine, right for a pas de deux and so on. He's finally utilizing the concerto for a new ballet that premieres next March, although he doesn't yet know how the choreography will unfold.
You can't turn creativity on, he said. "I'll be at home relaxing, cleaning or gardening, and suddenly it will start. Then I might work on it four or five hours, or 10 minutes."
He doesn't go into rehearsals until he has enough material for a few days, he said. "I hate having dancers stand there. Once they're energized, they'll help you."
Colorful creation
Dance's ephemerality makes it an infinitely reworkable canvas. Whole sections can be changed, moved or erased to accommodate different performers, different music, different venues.
Karen Stokes is doing that with Secondary Colors, her new collaboration with composer Bill Ryan, which premieres Oct. 20 at Hobby Center. It contains three dances - Green,Orange and Purple, the first two of which are older works she's restructured and tied together with Ryan's music and new costumes.
She created Green in 2007 for a repertory concert after happening upon some green stools in the kids' department at Ikea. She thought they'd look good onstage and allow for percussive body movement, one of her specialties. Once the dancers started calling the piece "green" in rehearsal, she said, she started thinking about the environment. That gave her a bigger landscape to consider, so she embraced it.
She conceived Orange,to music by Ryan, for a different show, as a piece for four dancers; but it grew to eight before the first performance. "I'm not a ballet person who can just leave people as understudies," she said, laughing. "If they're in the room, I start putting them in." She also gave the dancers claw-shaped hand motions, then thought they should be holding something. Voilà - oranges came into play as props, and the dance had a title.
"Once I did that, I knew this piece was (eventually) going to go with Green. There's always an interesting subconscious process going on," Stokes said. "If I try to be too rational and pre-planned, it's not as good. I make intuitive leaps I can't explain, and somewhere in the rehearsal process I'll begin to understand the puzzle; the pieces start to become a little more clear."
The idea to add Purple came fairly easily; by then, she and Ryan had agreed to collaborate on a show. But working with a composer brought a catch-22 issue. She wanted to hear the music to work out the movement, but he wanted to see the movement before he created the score.
Their solution: She videotaped some movements and showed them to Ryan on YouTube. "I used music but turned off the sound so he would just get the visual image. I've never worked that way before," she said. Ryan also wrote new music to fit herGreenchoreography and brought in violinist Todd Reynolds (ofBang on a Can fame), who will perform live.
"By the time we do this premiere, some part of this dance has been in process for five years," Stokes said. "Did I know that Green was ultimately going to be part of an evening length piece? No. But over time, that's often how my evening lengths develop. Certain pieces have more that can be said about them."
Stokes, who heads the dance department at the University of Houston, may think about process more than most. UH choreography students learn theory and improvisation before they begin creating dances, she said.
"There are so many craft tools, it's almost an infinite amount of possibilities once you start mixing and matching things." Of course, she noted, there's also a point where artistry comes into play, and not everyone has it.
"If you recognize it, you try to help them go further," she added. She tells budding choreographers they don't need to know how to make a piece. "Give yourself an assignment," she tells them, "something like, 'My entire movement and my floor pattern are going to be based on circles; how do I do that?' In that process, interesting movement comes out."
She sometimes asks students to create word lists or instructs them to move in an odd way — say, as if they are stones. To teach spatial concepts, she might have them travel on a line from one end of the studio to the other without repeating a step and constantly changing directions.
"Almost inevitably, the first thing they create with that simple idea is interesting. Because they're not thinking about steps; they're thinking, 'How do I not repeat and still travel?' " she said. "Then I tell them they have to keep it all within two feet of the ground, as close as possible to the original phrase. Very hard!"
Houston Ballet's dancers, too, are being encouraged to try choreography. Twelve of them - including Mennite, Myernick and Walsh - created pieces for a workshop this year and showed their efforts to a small audience in June.
Myernick said she kept her dance as small as possible — a solo for dancer Samantha Lynch — because she feared she'd be indecisive in the studio. She started by videotaping herself as she worked out the movement.
"But the better stuff was what we came up with together in the studio," she said. Learning to work with a lighting designer was a revelation, too. "We really take for granted how much goes into every production we do," she said.
"We all crave the process of making something new, but it made us all appreciate the vulnerability of the choreographer," Myernick said. "We all have this language we speak, but it doesn't necessarily mean you're a poet."
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Molly Glentzer, a staff arts critic since 1998, writes mostly about dance and visual arts but can go anywhere a good story leads. Through covering public art in parks, she developed a beat focused on Houston's emergence as one of the nation's leading "green renaissance" cities.
During about 30 years as a journalist Molly has also written for periodicals, including Texas Monthly, Saveur, Food & Wine, Dance Magazine and Dance International. She collaborated with her husband, photographer Don Glentzer, to create "Pink Ladies & Crimson Gents: Portraits and Legends of 50 Roses" (2008, Clarkson Potter), a book about the human culture behind rose horticulture. This explains the occasional gardening story byline and her broken fingernails.
A Texas native, Molly grew up in Houston and has lived not too far away in the bucolic town of Brenham since 2012.


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Israel Terrorists' Hometown Shut Down After Deadly Attack
Terrorists' Hometown Shut Down After Deadly Attack
By Hamodia Staff
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 3:57 pm | כ"ד שבט תשע"ו
Israeli authorities have imposed closure on the Palestinian village of Kabatiya, just south of Jenin, in response to the terrorist attack in Yerushalayim perpetrated by three of its residents.
The attack took the life of a Border Policewoman, Hadar Cohen, Hy"d, 19, and left another seriously wounded.
The three Palestinians were shot dead immediately after the attack.
The closure decision was made during an emergency meeting convened by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
The premier consulted with senior cabinet members and defense officials, including Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, and a representative of Shin Bet.
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The guest speaker, Mr. Gregory Poling, will jumpstart the roundtable discussion by providing an overview of the status of biodiversity in the South China Sea region, arguments on an effective system to manage the South China Sea Fisheries and policy recommendations for claimant-states. Said Blueprint is the first output of Center for Strategic and International Studies' Expert Working Group on the South China Sea, which seeks to chart a feasible model for claimants to manage maritime disputes.
Mr. Poling is the Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and a fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He oversees research on U.S. foreign policy in the Asia Pacific, with a particular focus on the maritime domain and the countries of Southeast Asia. His research interests include the South China Sea disputes, democratization in Southeast Asia, and Asian multilateralism.


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Yuri Smekalove
• Prize-winner at the XI International Ballet Dancers' and Choreographers' Competition, "Choreography" category (1st prize, Moscow, 2009).
• Recipient of the Golden Mask, Russia's most prestigious theatre prize, for "Best Male Role" in the ballet The Seagull(Trigorin) in the 2007–2008 season.
• Recipient of St Petersburg's most prestigious theatre prize the Golden Sofit in the category "Best Male Role in Ballet" for the lead role in Angelin Preljocaj's ballet Le Parc (2011).
• Prize-winner at the VII International Competition of Choreographers and Ballet Masters under the patronage of the International Dance Council CID-UNESCO in the category "Ballet Video" (1st prize, Novosibirsk, 2012).
• Recipient of the medal In Honour of the Tercentenary of St Petersburg in 2003.
In 1998, he graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of Konstantin Shatilov).
From 1998-2009, he was a soloist with the Boris Eifman St Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre, where he danced the lead roles in ballets including Don Quixote, or Fantasies of a Madman, Tchaikovsky, The Karamazovs, Red Giselle, Russian Hamlet, Don Juan and Molière, WHO is WHO, Anna Karenina, Requiem, My Jerusalem and The Seagull.
As a guest artist, he has appeared at the Mikhailovsky Theatre (as Spartacus in the ballet of the same name), the Warsaw Opera Narodowa (as Tchaikovsky in the ballet of the same name) and at the St Petersburg State Leonid Yakobson Academic Ballet Theatre (as Zeus in the ballet Andro-Geny and Spartacus in Leonid Yakobson's ballet Spartacus).
Yuri Smekalov was invited to join the Mariinsky Theatre in February 2009.
Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Don Quixote (Espada); choreography by Alexander Gorsky after motifs of Marius Petipa's production,
La Sylphide (Gurn); choreography by August Bournonville, revised version by Elsa-Marianne von Rosen,
Giselle (Hans); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa,
La Bayadère (High Brahmin, Slave); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani,
The Sleeping Beauty (Carabosse the Wicked Fairy); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Swan Lake (von Rothbart); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Le Corsaire (Birbanto); production by Pyotr Gusev after the composition and choreography by Marius Petipa,
Raymonda (Abderakhman); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Michel Fokine's ballets The Firebird (Ivan Tsarevich), Le Carnaval (Pierrot) and Pétrouchka (The Moor),
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Ghirei); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
The Nutcracker (Drosselmeyer); choreography by Vasily Vainonen,
Leonid Yakobson's ballets Shurale (Ali-Batyr, Evil Spirit) and Spartacus (Spartacus, Harmodius),
Leonid Lavrovsky's ballets Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt, Paris) and Walpurgis Night (Bacchus),
Yuri Grigorovich's ballet The Stone Flower (Severian), The Legend of Love (Vizier) ,
Carmen-Suite (Torero, José); choreography by Alberto Alonso,
George Balanchine's ballets Jewels (Emeralds) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lysander),
In the Night; choreography by Jerome Robbins,
Sylvia (Orion); choreography by Frederick Ashton,
Adagio Hammerklavier; choreography by Hans van Manen,
The Nutcracker (Drosselmeyer); production by Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Kirill Simonov,
The Magic Nut (Drosselmeyer); production by Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Donvena Pandoursky,
Alexei Ratmansky's ballets The Little Humpbacked Horse (Gentleman of the Bedchamber, Horses, Seahorses), Anna Karenina (Vronsky) and Cinderella (Dance Teacher, Male Dance),
Diana Vishneva: Beauty in Motion (Pierrot Lunaire, Three Point Turn),
Vernal Waters; choreography by Asaf Messerer,
Le Parc (soloist); choreography by Angelin Preljocaj,
Sacre; choreography by Sasha Waltz,
Symphony in Three Movements (He); choreography by Radu Poklitaru,
Vladimir Varnava's ballets Yaroslavna. The Eclipse (Prince Igor) and Pétrouchka (The Strongman).
On 23 February 2014 he performed the role of Diaghilev in the closing ceremony of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Since 2008 Yuri Smekalov has worked as a choreographer. He has staged productions of choreographic miniatures and ballets including:
Autumn Gold ("Verba volant, scripta manent – Words fly away, what is written remains", 2008; project in memory of Georgy Alexidze),
Parting (first performers – Yevgenia Obraztsova and Vladimir Shklyarov at the gala concert Malakhov and Friends, Berlin, 2008),
Requiem for Narcissus, Story on the Run (2009),
Presentiment of Spring (to music by Anatoly Lyadov, 2010),
Bolero Factory (to music by Maurice Ravel, 2010),
Intensio (to music by Alexander Maev, 2013),
Camera obscura (to music by Alexander Maev, 2014),
Orpheus in the Underworld (to music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, 2015),
Who is my Shadow? (to music by Alexander Maev, 2015),
Concerto for Contrabass (to music by Giovanni Bottesini, 2019).
Yuri Smekalov's choreographic miniatures Requiem for Narcissus and Parting have been performed in Europe and Asia.
In 2012 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow saw the premiere of the two-act ballet Moidodyr (Wash 'Em Cleanwith choreography by Yuri Smekalov and music by Efrem Podgaits).
In May 2013 Yuri Smekalov appeared in a gala dedicated to the opening of the new Mariinsky Theatre; the programme for the evening included Yuri Smekalov's version of Harald Lander's ballet Études. In June the same year he participated in the project A Creative Workshop of Vladimir Vasiliev, held as part of the Plato Arts Festival in Voronezh where he presented the choreographic miniature Jan to music by Alexander Maev.
In August 2013 the Teatro-sala de conciertos Elisa Carrillo Cabrera in Texcoco (Mexico) hosted the premiere of Yuri Smekalov's ballet Infinita Frida to music by Alexander Maev. The lead roles were performed by Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Vladimir Malakhov, Mikhail Kaniskin, Beatrice Knop and Igor Kolb.
In 2016 staged Reinhold Glière's ballet The Bronze Horseman for the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2017 presented Éduard Deldevez's Paquita (with music by Ludwig Minkus and Riccardo Drigo).
In 2018 at the theatre Priyut Komedianta Yuri Smekalov presented his ballet Solyaris to music by Bhima Yunusov.
Yuri Smekalov works with the coach Alexei Mishin and he is involved in creating programmes for Russia's figure skating team. In 2003–2004 he was the choreographer for Yevgeny Plyushchenko's programmes and, in 2008–2009, he created the programmes Narcissus and The Hermit for figure skater Artur Gachinsky.


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DCU Communications graduate and serial entrepreneur, John Dennehy, has recently secured funding for his new company, AssemblyPoint, from SOS Ventures. SOS Ventures is the investment fund of new Dragon, Sean O'Sullivan. AIB Seed Capital and Cork-born entrepreneur, Jonathan Grey have become investors. As part of the investment, social media thought leader, Bill Liao, and Mr. Grey have joined AssemblyPoint's Board of Directors. The company's main product is Zartis, a cloud-based social recruitment tool that helps SMEs globally to find and hire great talent.
After studying Communications at DCU, John co-founded and sold two companies, Zartis.com, a web development company, and Upstart Games, a mobile phone game publisher. Based in Cork, AssemblyPoint is his latest venture. Zartis is pioneering the concept of social recruitment by providing companies with the underlying processes, workflow and tools to attract and recruit candidates through the use of social media. Zartis delivers its software through the cloud using the Microsoft Azure platform. The DCU LINK Research Centre has worked with John on Zartis on several projects including social media policies and now research on digital marketing best practice. John also recognises the importance of continuing his relationship with DCU where he frequently participates in industry events and engages with SMEs, students and budding student entrepreneurs.
"John is a great example for all our students and graduates in maintaining links with the University in a way that is mutually beneficial," said Dr. Theo Lynn, Director of Industry Engagement at DCU Business School. Dr. Lynn goes on, "As well as funding research, John is a regular speaker at DCU Business School events and participates in the postgraduate group practicum programme."
"I am very committed to working with the next generation of entrepreneurs and mangers and my relationship with DCU allows me to do this regularly" said Dennehy. "I believe wholeheartedly that cloud computing offers huge opportunities to Irish graduates and the Irish economy. Hopefully, Zartis will be one of the early Irish breakthrough cloud computing successes and it will inspire others to follow suit."


You could search the world over and never find another man more honest than Kiki.
Blake pulled a flashlight out of his jacket pocket.
Tareq and Gale became good friends.
Kazuhiro gave Jeffery the wrong book deliberately.
Mongo likes to go to the beach.
Renu didn't know that Sandip could understand French.
Pandora ought to have known that Kerri would be late.
What time did Duncan call?
Ami has a lot of explaining to do.
There's no chance that Marc will be late today.
Darci asked me what the matter was.
Just ask Sundaresan to give it back.
Pim is still working for us.
Cindie became interested in music because his neighbor was quite a musician.
Kent is allergic to shellfish.
How many times have you kissed Beckie?
Valentin thinks it's a good idea.
Does Sharon really expect me to believe that?
Nancy isn't the only one who's upset.
Eddie says he's no longer interested in painting.
Even though Elliott is sick, he's swimming again today.
I heard Po yelling at Clarissa.
Jeremy was excused from work yesterday because he was sick.
Pantelis won the Boston Marathon.
Marla isn't as idealistic as Victoria.
I wish Briggs hadn't told Willie about that.
Clyde is the one playing the piano.
Micah fell in love with a pretty girl.
Please tell Jane we're here.
Sundar stayed in the hotel.
Owen will never make it to school on time.
Timo has gotten his confidence back.
Bobby took off all his clothes.
Emmett caught a lot of fish yesterday.
Don't tell Carter that Lindsey isn't planning on helping his mother.
Calvin does it very well.


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MotoGP riders curious to see MotoE, 'noise concerns'
Premier-class riders looking forward to watching the first MotoE race on Sunday, but 'one of the best things about MotoGP is the sound'
This weekend's German Grand Prix marks the race debut of the new MotoE electric bike class, which will support MotoGP at four rounds this season.
Premier-class riders quizzed on the battery-powered bikes at the Sachsenring on Thursday were generally pleased to see MotoE as an addition to the usual schedule.
Some also cited MotoE's significance for the future of motorcycle racing and the opportunity it is giving to the riders involved.
But many just can't get over the lack of noise, compared to their fire-breathing combustion engines.
"People say MotoE is the future," said reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez. "I think everybody has seen some videos from the Valencia test. It was interesting, strange, and in the end it is another category.
"But of course at the moment I prefer the sound [of MotoGP] and all these things."
Danilo Petrucci jokingly suggested adding some MotoGP sounds to the MotoE bikes!
"For sure MotoE is something that must happen, I mean it's the future for the category, for the environment, for everything," he said. "But I think that the real engines are better, for sure in this moment.
"We need to look at other sides. But I think one of the best things about MotoGP is the sound. Maybe they can produce a sound [like this] on the electric bikes!"
"It is a totally different category to what we see in Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP, but I think it is just let's say an opportunity for the riders and another kind of bike to ride," said rookie Fabio Quartararo.
"But I think like Danilo says, the sound of our bikes is unbelievable and I don't think MotoE can sound like this!" added the youngest rider (20) on the MotoGP grid.
Fellow rookie Joan Mir said: "I'm glad to see, for the first time, MotoE race. Like Marquez said, I saw some videos. The sound is quite strange of course, but we will see how the race is on Sunday."
Factory Yamaha's Maverick Vinales raised the loss of noise from the point of view of the rider.
"It will be very strange to ride a bike without sound. Normally I use the sound a lot to ride the bike so it's very strange. But I think it's a new opportunity, for sure it's the future and let's see how it works.
"At the moment it's just the first years, then for sure the bikes will improve a lot."
Quartararo's Petronas Yamaha team-mate Franco Morbidelli was the only rider questioned not to mention the sound:
"Maybe it's a step towards the future, I don't know. But personally I like them, it's a new thing and it's also nice to see riders that maybe don't ride anymore, like Gibernau, or De Angelis, race again. So it's also nice for the spectacle. It will be interesting to see."
MotoE features identical Energica motorcycles offering up to 160hp and a top speed of 270km/h, but with a weight of 260kg.
This weekend will see two free practice sessions on Friday, a Superpole on Saturday and then the eight-lap race on Sunday.
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Peter Lloyd: 'Never doubt your greatness'
Reggae | Thursday 8th March 2018 | Osh
yutes rise
We touch down with Jamaica's household name who is not only conquering music but has starred in TV shows and movies with Hollywood stars. We chat music, how he is changing the world & smoking with Denzel Washington.
Describe your current state of mind in five words or less
I feel LOVE for all.
What was it like growing up in Jamaica?
Growing up in Jamaica was a remarkable experience for me. I grew up in a loving home, three other siblings my brother and two sisters, I was the eldest, I had passionate thoughtful, loving parents. We weren't rich, or even middle class, but the truth is, I never knew that.
My parents loved music, I heard everything, RnB, Pop, Rock, classical, County n Western, and lots of Jamaican music, Ska, Minto, Rocksteady n Reggae. I had amazing friends, wonderful Jamaican food. I grew up, understanding not only my greatness but the greatness of all humanity. My father ensured that we all understood that EVERY person was special. He also ensured that we never gave up, never gave in to fear and doubt, and never made the opinions of other more than opinions. Growing up in Jamaica made me tough but loving. I guess, sunshine, and the tropical climate with organic food does that.
In those early days, how did church inspire you to get into music?
Yes, church certainly did. At age 5, my grandmother taught me a song And The Lord Said, I performed it on the pulpit, the rest, as they say, is history.
Aside from music you also got into acting quite early on, all because of a girl - what's the story there?
Hahaha, I met a dancer with the National Dance Theater Company, she was gorgeous. We made a date to meet, in Cross Roads, but I mistakenly thought we were meeting at a Terrace, but it was a drive. So I went to the wrong address, correct name, and number but not the drive. Where I went to, they were having an audition for a television commercial. While waiting, ( I thought she was rehearsing at the back ) Paul Noble, the director and Fred Lusan the Produce, talked me into doing the audition. I got the part lol. After, I found out I was waiting for her at the wrong address.
You've since worked with some major names, from Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Alec Baldwin, Jamie Foxx, Spike Lee - but who did you have the most fun working with?
Hands down, Denzel Washington, unaffected. They were all great, kind and considerate, however, Denzel was simply 'one of us'.
Did the two of you smoke it together?
No we never did, but he did in our presence. Who comes to Jamaica without trying the best weed on earth?!
As well as American TV you have been on Blackbirds one of the longest-running shows in Jamaica, how was that experience for you?
The Backburns Of Royal Palm Estate was fun. It was like family. I was working with actors I grew up with, admired and learnt from. Also, it was great working in Jamaica on the most popular television series in Jamaica's history. The response from my fellow Jamaicans was overwhelming. I loved the experience.
Tell us about your latest single 'Woman'?
'Woman' is my very first cover in many years, but it was a single I had long wanted to do. I am a fan of John Lennon, in fact, it was Lennon who led me to The Beatles. My father owned a nightclub on Red Hills Road in Kingston called Las Vegas. It was there I heard John Lennon's masterpiece 'Imagine'. I was astounded. The simplicity of his lyrics, the honesty of his soul, and the revolutionary nature of his mind. Then there was his delivery, conversational, one on one..true. I am also a revolutionary, John Lennon, was the ultimate revolutionary. We both see love as the ultimate power positive change.
'Woman' is so real, the ultimate ode to women, an honest love song about real love. I was admittedly intimidated at the thought of covering such a massive track, especially in reggae, but I sensed it was a perfect fit, I engaged the brilliant roots reggae producer Dean "Cannon" Fraser. We laid tracks at the legendary Tuff Gong Studios with the best musicians. Then, after an initial attempt, I recorded vocals at Penthouse Studios in Kingston.
I love, respect, and admire women. I think 'Woman', not only perfectly pays homage to them, but it is an honest reflection of real relationships. I am proud of the end produce, and am hopeful that even the purest will love it also.
Can we expect an album soon?
Yes, we we have already started work on my new album. 'Woman' is the first official track from that album, that's all I'm willing to share about that for now.
You've said that the purpose of your music is to "heal the world" - tell us a bit more about that?
I love human beings, I love all life. I am a positivist. I believe that what we send to the universe, the very thoughts we sow we reap ten fold. I believe that, with all of life's challenges, we have a choice to live in light or die in darkness. In this age of the superhero, my superpower is music. I think music can and does unite us, it literally heals us, it restores our soul. I live in the light, so my music is to heal, to make us happier, it unites us. My music is love. Hence my fans call me the Love Messenger. Yes, my music can heal the world..all music can.
You've toured in over 20 countries but which one stands out the most?
This will sound life a cop out but they all do. Every tour experience has been unique, so a comparison is truly difficult. I love sharing my music with the world.
What has been your proudest moment so far?
So what made you start up the programme Yutes Rise? And why is it so important to you?
Yutes Rise is a deep passion of mine. Born out of a desire to build the self-esteem of children and teenagers across the globe. Self-perception is a major component in the formation of adults. A negative sense of self often leads to negative people, negative decisions, and destructive tendencies. Unfortunately, socialization in our current global community can misguide our youths. Materialism, economic imbalance, no true knowledge of their history often creates a low sense of self.
Yutes Rise, through a reggae workshop, informs youths of the evolution of reggae music, it's history, impact and it's true purpose. We use the workshop to awaken the artistry in the participants, while simultaneously reinforcing their sense of self, their inner greatness. The workshop culminates in a concert, with students and myself performing. I love children, I see the greatness in them all. Yutes Rise was formed to harness and direct that greatness on the correct path. Thus far, we have staged it in Jamaica, and the Netherlands. With more to come.
What is the greatest challenge you have ever faced in life?
This is an interesting question. I think for me, my answer is and continues to be evolving into a better version of myself. Like most of us, I continually battle with my ego, my intellect and my spiritual self. I want to be less, angry, less insecure, less judgmental, less opinionated. I strive to be a better, more open, more understanding human being. I strive to improve who I am daily, battling my own demons in the process. I strive to be a better, partner, father, friend, leader, artist, businessman, entrepreneur, a better lover. A better person. That has been and continues to be my greatest challenge.
What ideas changed your life?
My father told me at an early age:" You can achieve any goal, any dream, any ambition ". On Sunday mornings he and I would discuss life. It gave me the confidence to believe in myself. In my teen years he said once when I was conflicted about pleasing others, he said: 'never forget, the opinion of others, though sometimes valuable must be seen for what it is, an opinion.' These gems along with other altered who I am in the most positive of light. Finally, I realized we are all greatness, we are all royalty, we are all special. So I see no one greater or lesser than myself regardless of station in life.
If you could change the world in one way, what would it be?
I would want greater empathy. If we were able to walk in each other's skins, would be less likely to experience prejudice, hate, ignorance and greed. Our humanity to each other would be greater.
What would fill a swimming pool with if it could be anything?
Money, so I can further fund my soup kitchen idea in Montego Bay. The aim is to feed, clothe and shelter the homeless.
What's next for Peter Lloyd?
This year we record my third full-length studio album, not yet titled, which should be out this autumn. 'Woman', is actually the first release from the album. We also head back to the USA on tour for July, confirmed dates in Florida, Rhoda Island, New York City, Kansas City, with other states and cities to be announced. We also serve up some great remixes of old fan favourites. I also mentioned my soup kitcheN and we continue to promote Yute Rise across the globe. There are numerous other projects also in the works.
Any last words?
Never forget that we are all special. there is only one of yourself in the entire universe, this makes you special, unique, priceless. What you bring to the world is "one of a kind". Never doubt your greatness, your relevance or your value. Each and every one of us is special, let no person, institution, medium, government or religion tell you otherwise. I love you all.
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